Two-year-old Max sees a rabbit and calls it a "bunny." He then sees a large white hamster and calls it a "bunny," too. In this scenario, the application of a word to objects that are inappropriate for the word's meaning is referred to as
A. infantile amnesia.
B. overextension.
C. deferred imitation.
D. underextension.
Answer: B
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